Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh

Medicinal Plants Database of Bangladesh includes the authentic Taxonomic Information, Vernacular/Bangla Name, Tribal and English Name, Family, Description and Photograph of the Plants, Chemical Constituents, Uses and Distribution of the species in Bangladesh. MPBD also contain dictionary of Botanical and Pharmacological terms.

Description of the Plant

Using Information

Young plants are efficacious in colds. Leaves are laxative, diuretic and appetizer; cure urinary discharges and good for the eyes. Flowers are hypnotic, diuretic, expectorant and tonic to the liver; cures inflammations, boils, ringworms, scabies, leucoderma, piles, bronchitis and jaundice; improve the complexion. Hot infusion of the dried flowers is diaphoretic; used in jaundice, nasal catarrh and muscular rheumatism.

Cold infusion of flowers is laxative and toinc; used in measles and scarlatina to favour efflorescence of eruptions. Seeds are purgative, carminative, bechic and aphrodisiac; cure scabies and catarrh. Seed oil has got the same properties as the seed; it is useful in paralysis and itch and as a liniment in rheumatism. Root is diuretic.

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